Monday, July 22, 2013

So at SDCC this weekend EA has decided to move forward with
the Dead Space movie and is looking
to partner with DreamWorks, whom will be releasing the Need for Speed film in the upcoming year. But guess who’s penning
the screenplay? Justin Mark. The same man that graced the world with Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li.

I can hear the groans of gamers and movie goers of decent
tastes from around the world.

Even better is that Mister Mark feels that the film
adaptation should not be too close to the source material. That actually
explains a lot about the Chun Li movie, so thanks for clearing that up.

The video game movie phenom is a tough subject to handle, as I have explained on multiple occasions in a myriad of posts. Seriously just go to the Search box on the left and type in “video game movie”
as your key words. I understand from the perspective of Hollywood that you need
to make your money back and a lot of things that are popular in a game either
don’t translate to film or audiences have a difficult time responding to. The
Resident Evil movies are doing so well because of their lack of ties to the
original material. I think most people would have bailed out by the 5th
movie if it were in conjunction with the game. On the other hand, it’s also the
same reason why so many game movies have been crap. Need I remind you all Super
Mario Bros.? (Granted this is now a cult classic, but it is still considered a
really terrible game movie by comparison.)

Knowing now who the lead scriptwriter is, I have no faith
that the Dead Space movie will be worth the effort to watch. EA is so good at
destroying their own franchises!